Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:14:17 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Brian Waters <brianmwaters@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda) Message-ID: <201103121014.18051.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikZm1FCUmCdu2iNL6ZWcUOn5aOQErPsTUodFhmb@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikZm1FCUmCdu2iNL6ZWcUOn5aOQErPsTUodFhmb@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Saturday 12 March 2011 04:29:44 Brian Waters wrote: > It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following > sound-related device files: > > dspX > dspX.Y > (among others) > this is what you see after your driver is loaded. You might have to tell an application which one to use. > I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron > E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the > manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and > increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and > /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. > I have different hardware but I use the same driver. I did not compile it into the kernel after getting into trouble. Since I load it with: kldload snd_hda it works as expected. If trouble come up, I kick it our and reload it. > What I'm wondering is: what exactly is the meaning of X and Y above? > I'm assuming that X comes from the "association numbers" in the > snd_hda driver, but I could be wrong. Please correct me! > I do not really know but I have had to tell vlc which to use. Erich
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